Asnapper

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Asnapper
     probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the
     Greeks), styled the "great and noble" (Ezra 4:10), was the son
     and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was
     "luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of
     literature." He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets,


     numbering about 10,000. These are now mostly in the British
     Museum. They throw much light on the history and antiquities of
     Assyria.
     
       Assur-bani-pal was a munificent patron of literature, and the
     conqueror of Elam. Towards the middle of his reign his empire
     was shaken by a great rebellion headed by his brother in
     Babylon. The rebellion was finally put down, but Egypt was lost,
     and the military power of Assyria was so exhausted that it could
     with difficulty resist the hordes of Kimmerians who poured over
     Western Asia. (See {NINEVEH}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Asnapper, unhappiness; increase of danger